25 August 2025

CSO Down South - Violin and Piano: Myth and Melody

| By Tuggeranong Arts Centre
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CSO Concertmaster Kirsten Williams & Edward Neeman, performing as part of the CSO Down South Chamber Music Series at TAC.

Join CSO concertmaster Kirsten Williams and pianist Edward Neeman at Tuggeranong Arts Centre when Rachmaninoff’s Red Riding Hood meets Franck’s violin sonata in a musical journey where myth meets melody.

The performance opens with Elgar’s Chanson de Matin (Morning Song) and its contemplative companion, Chanson de Nuit (Song of the Night) for violin and piano.

Debussy’s haunting The Sunken Cathedral rises from the depths of the Breton legend of an underwater cathedral off the coast of the Island of Ys. It rises at the composer’s instruction until the music swells to fortissimo.

Rachmaninoff’s Études-Tableaux tells the tale of folk heroine Little Red Riding Hood meeting the growling wolf in the piano’s low register.

Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major concludes the program: a chamber music favourite bursting with lyricism and playful spontaneity.

Repertoire

Elgar, Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit
Debussy, La Cathedrale Engloutie
Rachmaninov, Études-Tableaux No 2 and 6 for piano
Franck, Sonata in A Major for violin and piano

The details

What: CSO Down South Concert at Tuggeranong Arts Centre
When: Thursday 4 September 6 pm – 7 pm, Bar from 5 pm
Where: Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Tickets: $38 Full / $32 Concession. Book tickets now.

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